Improved skate-fastening



f j @ui-teh tarifs 4@aient lffire( G. GUNDEIiSoN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Y Lettera Patent No.l 67,110, dated July 23, 1867; anteduted July 11, 1867.

l IMPRovED SKATB-FASTENING.

TO ALL WHOM IT- MAY- CONCERN:

'Be it known that I, G. vGrUNIJIt'RsoN,oi` Chicago, in the-county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have inventedl I va. new anduseful Improvement for Fastening Skatesto lBoots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following '1s a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperationof the same, reference being had to the annesied drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon,l making a part of this specification., in which- A I F l Figure 1 is `a. longitudinal elevation of a skate fastened to 'a boot by means of my device. Figui-o2 is a'yiew of the under side of thc plate which is secured to the heelof the boot.`

Figure 3 is a longitudinal elevation ofmy device attached to the skate and heel of the boot. l

r Figure 4 is a perspective representation of the plate secured to the heelofthe boot. ,The nature of lmy invention consists in rigidly attaching a plato to the heel of the hoot, having uibs pror jccting overthe front of the heel, and also havingl a projection lextending upward and fitting into the back of.'v

the heel, for thc purpose of securing the plate firmly in pos tion, and providing a catchfor the spring-lock "orf the lower plate to shut against; and in providing a recess in tac front of the upper plate in order that a corrcspondv i, A ing projection on the lower plato may pass into said recess and hold the skate fast to the heel of the bocit; and further, in providing a spring-catch attached to th'e h eel of thc skate, which shuts into the bacl'( projection of the r lupper plate and prevents the bot from sliding backward' and becoming detached from the skate. N 11n?order-thatothcrs skilled in the -art may realce anduse my invention, I will describe its construction and operation. j j ,A ,A B represent the coimn'on skate, and C the boot to which it isattached; D is the plate, shown at figs. 3 and 4,'which is rigidly attached to the heel of the boot, bymeans'o'f screws or otherwise, in a substantial manner; the projections a .fitting into the front of the heel C', as seen at thc dotted lines d, figs. 1 and 3; and has also the projection b fittin'g into thehuck o-the hc'el C?, in which is made a. catch for receiving the spring-lock e. e is the plate attached to the heel of theuppcr part of the skate A B, and having the projection h for tting into thcrecess made between the projections a, and also the notch z', g. 2, for allowing tho hitch J' madevinthe projection b tc receive the lock e. 'lhis lock is hung to the spring y, anduhen turned down, as seen by the dotted lines m, the skate A Band the boot C can bc detached; and when shut, as seen at iig. 1, the hoot C will be held firmly to' the'skatc A B. By this arrangement the boot can be secured to the skate withlittle trouble, [and thc use' ofall the anklc-straps is obw'atcd, leaving the foot free and not liable to have the circulation checked. l Having thus fully described my device, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is- I I Thev plate D, having the projections a 'a b, in combination with the plate @spring g, lock e, hoot E, and skate A B, vwhen constructed substantially as and for'the purpose set forth. I

G. GUNDERSON.

Witnesses:

Gro. L. CHAPIN, y A. Hnwsnn. 

